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Waves that require a medium are called 

• mechanical waves
• electromagnetic waves

• light waves
• gamma rays

Answer explanation

Think of Mechanical Waves like a line of dominos: when one falls, it knocks down the next one, passing energy along. Similarly, mechanical waves transfer energy by making particles in matter bump into each other. Without a medium (the matter), mechanical waves can't transfer energy.

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What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

• sound wave

• x-rays

Answer explanation

The wave pictured is a transverse wave because the particles of matter in the medium move perpendicular to the direction of the wave's energy transfer.

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What can electromagnetic waves travel through?

• only mediums

• only empty space

• nothing

• both mediums (matter) and empty space

Answer explanation

Electromagnetic waves can travel through both mediums (matter) and empty space, allowing them to propagate through various materials (like a glass window) as well as the vacuum of space.

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What do waves carry from place to place?

• Energy, but not matter

• Energy and matter

• Matter but not energy

• Neither energy nor matter

Answer explanation

Waves carry energy, but not matter, from place to place.

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When you push and pull a slinky, what type of mechanical wave is being produced?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Surface

Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Frequency
• Wavelength

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Which wave in the diagram has the highest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Which wave in the diagram has the biggest wavelength?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Number of waves passing a given point in a certain amount of time, measured in Hertz (Hz)

• wavelength

• frequency

• amplitude

• wave speed

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Which color of visible electomagnetic waves has the lowest frequency?

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